6''-O-xylosyl-glycitin is isolated from the flower of Pueraria thunbergiana Benth.

Lotusine is a pure alkaloid extracted from the Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. It shows effects on the action potentials in the myocardium and slow inward current in cardiac Purkinje fibers.

Retrocyclin-1 is a kind of Theta-defensin. Retrocyclin-1 recognizes and binds to carbohydrate-containing surface molecules, to protect cells from HIV-1 infection. Retrocyclin-1 exhibits high affinity to fetuin, gp120 (Kd=35.4 nM), CD4 (Kd=31 nM), and galactosylceramide (Kd=24.1 nM).